It's a specially customized version of the A-2 Auto.

- The Red Urushi Dial -

These red Urushi Dials are made on our original Japanese washi dial.

I applied several layers of Urushi, Japanese lacquer. Which can be taken out of Urushi tree, but one tree could only produce 200 g in a year. Therefore some call it "blood of tree". Urushi is also an important base of the Kintsugi repairing as well.

After each layer of Urushi you have to wait until the applied Urushi hardens, in a "室 /muro" a space made for hardening. Urushi requires a warm temperature and humidity around 80 percent, and a few days of time in that space.

After applying several layers on the washi dial, it was sanded using sandpapers 800 grit to 10000 grit, and more Urushi layers in between. Though I intentionally left the textures of the washi left.

The Price and Philosophy

The price is high mostly due to it having the Urushi dial (as for the price comparison, here is the A-2 Auto without the Urushi dial).

It takes a lot of time and effort, and that is what you see in the price. I want to keep this Urushi tradition and history alive and pass it on to the future generations, by using Urushi, and let people know about Urushi.

I understand that some people would not want to spend certain amount of money for "a basic movement" such as this Seiko Instruments / TMI NH38 Automatic, and prefers a Swiss movement etc. But my philosophy here is to provide something of a value as affordable as possible:

...the challenge and the goal for the Deutsche Werkbund was to produce high-quality product with contemporary design at an affordable price, for many, and not only a few. That is the sense, and the thinking behind the Deutsche Werkbund

- Martina Etti, Head of International Sales Nomos Glashütte, 2018

The NH series is popular worldwide and, possibly the most ubiquitous automatic movements in the world. It is a design that is highly reliable due to its lack of unnecessary elements, robust, efficient, free of ornamentation, and capable of being mass produced and sold affordably. And the very fact of its widespread use serves as proof of its functional beauty, reliability, practical elegance, and excellence as an industrial product, echoing the principles of the German Werkbund and the Bauhaus. 

And the combination of the trustworthy mass production movement, allows this watch to have the hand-crafted elements without making it too expensive. Also the cost wise, the maintenance / repair / replacement cost for the NH movement would be lower than of the Swiss.

Also I would like to note that this piece was assembled in Helsinki, by a Finnish watchsmith.

• Dial: Unique red Urushi applied by Yu Ando on our Washi paper dial
• Case: A-2 Auto
  
• Assembly: Assembled by a Finnish watchsmith, in Helsinki, Finland
• Movement: Seiko Instruments / TMI NH38 Automatic
• Strap: Genuine Leather, made by a Finnish handicraftsman
  

Standard International Shipping

Our international shipping use DHL Global Mail.

We will provide you two tracking numbers. One that tracks your shipment from Finland to DHL warehouse in Germany, and another which tracks the shipment from Germany to your address.

It would take several days between the second tracking number would be updated.

According to DHL, their delivery aim is the following:

To Germany: 2-4 days

To EU: 3-6 days

To USA and Canada: 5-9 days

To Rest of the World: 6-12 days (for example, a package to Nagoya, Japan took 10 days)

DHL Express Shipping

It costs more, but it's faster!

Free Domestic (Finland) Shipping

Shipping within Finland use Posti Domestic Parcel shipping service which delivers our product to your nearest Posti Parcel Locker.

Delivery in 1–3 working days. (If you trust Posti that is!)

1-Year Manufacturing Defects Warranty

I have been wearing one of the functioning prototypes for almost 6 months. So far, it's functioned with no problems, and I am confident that it would for at least the next 6 months.

The reason I made sure that it's specifically 1-Year warranty for "Manufacturing Defects" is that I believe that most of the people who have never utilized the warranty of a product don't realize that the warranty only covers Manufacturing Defects. Some watch brands offer a longer warranty, such as 5 years or 10 years—but by then, how would you know that your broken watch suffered a manufacturing defect, or normal wear-and-tear? And would you ever be able to convince the brand's customer service that it was indeed a manufacturing defect?

Their warranty doesn't cover wear-and-tear, or user error, and neither does this warranty. But I do think it is important to clarify that it is a warrant for manufacturing defects, instead of just issuing that it is a vaguely worded "warranty" which sounds like something that might cover something more than manufacturing defects. And 1 year is enough time to warrant manufacturing defects.

60-Days 100% / 90% Return Policy

If you wish to return the watch, you can absolutely do that within 60 days of purchase. You have to take several photographs of the watch and send an email to me before shipping it back. Depending on the condition of the watch, the amount of the refund is different.

-Full Refund: If the watch, within 60 days of purchase, was never worn, and the packaging (boxes, wraps) is intact. Please send us an email with photographs of the watch and the proof of purchase, before shipping it back to us. When shipping back, please use a trackable shipping method. We will fully refund the watch and the shipping cost once it arrives to us upon inspection.

-90% Refund: If the watch, within 60 days of purchase, was never worn, but some of the packaging (boxes, wraps) is missing. Please send us an email with photographs of the watch and the proof of purchase, before shipping it back to us. When shipping back, please use a trackable shipping method. We will refund 90% of the watch and the shipping cost once it arrives to us upon inspection.